Cool New Outdoor Gear - GEARBLAZER

This Play Visions Zoo Lights Carabiner ($10) is a fun little light that’s perfect to make any camping trip special for those young or young at heart.

The mouths open up by pressing the button on the animal’s back, revealing a bright, colorful LED light.

Each little animal has a grippy rubberized finish and spring loaded tail clip to easily attach the light to backpacks, belt loops, and key rings.

There’s multiple animals available including lizards, toucans, and frogs.

Just announced as a 2011 Outside Magazine “Gear of the Year” Award Winner is The North Face Kishtwar Jacket ($279). Part of the Summit Series, the Kishtwar is a versatile soft shell that’s constructed with new Polartec Power Shield Pro. This groundbreaking material offers high water resistance, durability, and windproof protection.

The jacket seems ideal for highly active individuals dealing with unpredictable weather. It offers a fully adjustable fixed hood, non-restrictive fit, and four-way stretch. Think backcountry skiing, climbing, hiking, alpine trekking, and more.

Here’s a cool video of the jacket in action – http://tnfvideo.com/video/kishtwar-jacket/.

A pack perfect for climbers, the Mountain Hardwear Splitter Backpack ($160) allows for supreme organization.

The Splitter has a distinctive panel loading design that opens up flat for easy access. It has zip pockets for your shoes, clothes, and chalk bag, an internal compression panel to hold heavy rope, and internal racking loops to organize your clips, carabiners, cams, and more.

A bonus pull out tarp is included so you can keep your stuff clean from dirt and moisture.

A great durable pack for hauling your equipment is the Mammut Trion Guide 45 Pack ($189). It offers 330-denier ripstop fabric, Butterfly suspension, and shaped shoulder straps.

It’s front pocket is reinforced and rubberized to carry crampons. It also has a reinforced ski carrier, detachable rope fixing strap, daisy chain, two removable ice axe attachments points, and compression straps.

Lastly, the Trion is hydration compatible with a reservoir sleeve and tube exit port.

An interesting approach to keeping crap and crud out of your shoes are these Mountain Hardwear Seta Strapless Running Gaiters ($35).

These gaiters offer a low profile and lightweight. Their uniqueness lies in the 3M Dual Lock fasteners which eliminates the need for straps.

You just need to add a strip of 3M adhesive to the back of your shoe and this attaches to a strip that’s on the gaiter. There’s also a lace hook in front to add more stability to the fit.

The Clif C Bar is the newest bar from Clif bar. These bars are all natural and 70% organic. Just made from a handful of ingredients, the C Bar offers a nut crust, fruit layer, and sprinkled with sea salt to tie the taste all together. Each bar has 130 calories.

You want lightweight, you get lightweight with the new Patagonia M10 Jacket ($399). Weighing in at a mere 10.8 ounces, this 3-layer hard shell is perfect for the alpine minimalist.

The M10 offers protection from the elements with its waterproof and breathable nylon ripstop fabric, a single pull adjustable helmet-compatible hood, and watertight zippers.

Show mother nature that you’re ready to battle the elements with The North Face Nuptse Boots III ($85). Dressed in an army camoflauge design, the Nuptse Boots are a super warm slip on featuring 700 fill power goose down.

The sole features Ice Pick temperature sensitive rubber pods. What does this mean? It means that the sole stiffens as it gets colder so you get increased traction.